Improvement in toys



F. HUBBARD 8|. E. B. SEVERANCE.

l Toys.

No. 138,401. l PatentedApm29,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS HUBBARD AND EDWARD B. SEVERANCE, OF DURHAM, CONNECT- ICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE MERRIAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,401, dated April 29, 1873 application filed February 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS HUBBARD and EDWARD B. SEvERANoE, of Durham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Sheet-Metal Toys; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes a part of this specilication, and represents in- Figure 1, a view of the rear end of a wagon and in Fig. 2, a sectional view through the hub of one of the wheels enlarged .to about four times its natural size.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of sheetmetal toys which are constructed to move upon wheels, such as wagons, animals, &c.

It is well known that from the nature of the metal the axles rolling in the metal bearing make a loud, rattling, disagreeable noise, making this otherwise desirable class of toys decidedly objectionable.

To overcome this objection is the object of this invention and it consists in constructing the bearings for the axles from other material than metal, the said material being a non-conductor, so that the vibration ofthe axle in the bearing will not be communicated to the sheet-metal of the toy.

A is the axle, usually formed from wire; B

` B, the wheels, fitted to the ends of the axle in the usual manner. O represents the body of the wagon. These have usually been connected by running an arm, D, of sheet metal down to the axle, and this arm perforated for the axle to work in, and as the toy is propelled there is unavoidably more or less vibration of the axle in its bearing. This vibration is, through the arm, communicated to the wagon and produces a disagreeable rattling noise.

To prevent this noise we construct the arm, or whatever portion to which the axle is attached, so as to receive and sustain a block, E, which is preferably made from leather, but any other material which will act as a nonconductor between the axle and the toy may be used. This block is inclosed within a cap, F, or may be secured in any other manner. Between the wheel and metal we introduce a collar, a; but this collar may be a part of the block projecting toward the wheel sufcient to prevent the contact of the wheel with the metal of the toy.

We claim as our invention- In that class of toys formed from sheet metal, and which are arranged upon or with an axle, the bearings E for the said axle, when formed ot' leather or other non-metallic material to prevent the axle or wheel coming in contact with the metallic portion of the toy, substantially as set forth.

FRANCIS HUBBARD. EDWARD B. SEVERANCE.

Witnesses:

W. A. PARMALEE, F. B. HUBBARD. 

